Arizona State to face Navy in Fight Hunger Bowl

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Arizona State has been picked as the opponent for Navy in the Fight Hunger Bowl.

The Midshipmen (7-4) locked up a bid to the Dec. 29 game in San Francisco earlier this year, and bowl officials selected the Sun Devils (7-5) as the Pac-12 participant on Sunday.

Navy had an eight-year streak of bowl bids snapped last season when the Midshipmen finished 5-7. But coach Ken Niumatalolo got them back this season even before the regular-season finale next Saturday against Army.

Arizona State made it to a bowl in its first season under coach Todd Graham, capping the regular season with a 41-34 win over rival Arizona. The Sun Devils haven’t won a bowl game since beating Rutgers 45-40 in the Insight Bowl in 2005.